Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-08-06

W~m4As0 Double Leoe.
STRANGE CASE RscAIIxD ~ THAT % sEu on
cAoo 0HL WHO LOST AHR nKHoRY.
Harrisburg Dispatch 10 the New York Sun.
81 read In the Sun recently" said . resident OF
Crawford Co., this state 1.-The account OF the curious
Impairment OF memory reported in the case OF Miss
Houtallng, the Chicago young lady, and while IL
must be that the case Is an extraordinary one,
there died In Crawford County . few years ago a
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one Of the early settlers q the county. she was
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y M,fs AZ nervs nst age she Was ostSas ns
cred her sight and hearing. Her mind was as
steal health and strength, when one morning
about two months after regaining her sight
and hearing, she awoke with all recollection OF
speech however, had returned TO her. but her
utterances were imperfect and strangely con-
m Mer nd n was as sound
parents nor any OF her relatives or friends
She could not name q single letter OF the alpha
guage. She had always been a famous house
keeper. but al her knowledge OF domestic en-
p pss ~ VAS was gone She ana not know the
stove was source OF wonder to her She re-
manned in this strange condition for over a
uiVutus WuCu oAc 6WOke Win all ler OrlG1nal
consciousness. She had passed out OF her
period OF lost memory during the night All
remembrance OF the weeks she had been In
blank to her. All the knowledge and attain
ments which she had forgotten during that
period l.. returned to her While she had been In
various things had been taught to her. She
remained in her natural condition only three
weeks when she lapsed into the other state
again, and. as before, forgot everything pertain
Ing to her natural state. What she had learned
during her nrst lapse came back TO her in the sec
to her. 80 o''''-
"These lapses continued at irregular intervals
for period OF twenty-five years. Sometimes she
would De In one condition for months and then
change for months into the other. sometimes the
lapses would be but for few hours Most OF the
changes always took place In her sleep. In pass
Ing from her unnatural into her natural life no
evidence OF the Change was percepube, but In
changing 10 the other way her sleep was such
that nothing could awaken her until the
tranSpoSit1on or natures had taken place. The
sleep was. IN fact. almost suspended animation.
and frequently lasted twenty-four hours. As
she had no consciousness when In one con-
diti0n OF ever having been In the other 1t was
s1ag 1e.os sn and came 70 realize 1t through the
When she came TO fully appreciate the situa-
tion In which she was placed she could foretell
days before the dreaded change to the second con-
dition came that it was approaching and at nrst
She always babe all her relatives and friends q
fearful farewell. fearing that she might never
years passed, however, and the transitions be-
came familiar 70 her, their approach was no longer
sae s OF
as much knowledge In her unnatural state as she
had In her natural Her brother taught her to
write In the former. He gave her q sentence
which he had written TO copy. She took the pen
and copied the words, but wrote with her left
hand, and from right TO left. singular circum-
stance connected with her was that anything
could be taught to her with greater ease while
She was In her lapSed condition, and that In that
condition she wrote charming verses, gift she
did not command in her natural state. Likewise
She was OF most Imaginative nature In her
second condition, with Wit extremely keen, and
possessed remarkable conversational powers In
her natural state she was quiet and thoughtful.
She formed most peculiar and strong dislikes In
her lapSes against those who were her best and
most Intimate friends in her natural Life. For
more than twenty years she was q teacher in the
public schools OF Crawford County. For several
years before her death she had lived without
lapsing into her second, or unnatural, condition.
Relatives OF hers live In The vicinity OF Meadvllie
and Tttusville yet, believe"